RNA-based therapies represent a new frontier in medicine, offering the potential to target the very root causes of diseases within our genetic makeup. These novel agents promise unparalleled interventions, sometimes even curative or preventative, against a wide range of diseases by harnessing the power of RNA—naturally occurring molecules crucial for carrying genetic information. This review explores the diverse forms and ...
Cancer—the very utterance installs fear and a sense of insecurity. But what is cancer, and why is the struggle so hard to find its cure? The explanation goes right to the cells of our body, right to the blueprint of our lives: our DNA. The main cause of cancer is a genetic illness through mutations or changes in our DNA ...
Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects millions of people worldwide by disrupting the body’s ability to regulate blood sugar levels. While current treatments help manage the disease, there is still no definitive cure. However, advancements in gene editing—particularly with CRISPR-Cas9—have opened new doors for potential diabetes treatment through gene therapy. This blog explores the revolutionary potential of CRISPR in ...
Gene silencing represents an advancement in changing medicine, giving medicine the appropriate tool in targeting and manipulating genes responsible for disease conditions. Once new windows open, the treatment being used on genetic disorders, cancers, and infectious diseases, once the genes are silenced, or their expressions reduced in disease conditions under this new track. New knowledge related to RNA interference, antisense ...
Imagine a world wherein certain diseases previously considered incurable are indeed treatable due to some radical science. And it involves biopharmaceuticals at the forefront of this change in medical science. But what is this thing called a biopharmaceutical, better known as a biologic? And how will these revolutionary new drugs change the paradigm of drug development? So, let’s do a ...
Gene Editing for Disease Prevention: Hype and Ethical Anxiety by Lawrence Kogan Gene editing is the most dramatic turn that science has taken in a century. The notion-upon-reading the sentence that scientists can edit a strand of DNA to save humans from diseases is something from a science fiction novel. As exhilarating as it is, however, this technology opens enormous ...